this build was HELL for me. There were so many screw ups and fuck ups I don't even want to talk about it.

The motherboard was out of stock on amazon, but they didn't tell me, so I waited a full week before I gave up and ordered the damn thing from newegg.

the 212 evo took a month to arrive because of my bullshit post office

the 212 evo was a bitch to install

The terrible crunching noise the CPU made almost killed me when I put it in

The shitty-ass drawer I ordered for my 5.25" bay didn't have the screw holes in the right positions

the GPU's VRAM was broken, and I had to RMA it. Then it took more than a week and a half to ship back. From New Jersey. I live in New York City. It took them a full week to ship a 1/2 lb box under 40 miles.

However, through all of the hardships I went through with this build, I still couldn't have done it without you guys, and the nice fellows over at /r/buildapcforme

By next week, I plan on getting a better keyboard, probably something mechanical like the cooler master storm quickfire or a ducky shine keyboard

Things I learned from this build:
* always order everything at once. Always.
* That PCpartpicker.com is a wonderful thing
* That RAM isn't everything. Before I posted here, my friend had convinced me to not get 32GB of ram because it was too much. Keep in mind that this is just a gaming PC.

Once again, thank you!

I plan on upgrading my GPU in the future, either to a 670 or 7950, as well as working on my cable management.

If you have a Micro Center near you, go in and get that i5 with the ASrock Z77 Pro4 board. Buying them at the same time will get you $50 off the board, which will knock it down to the same price he paid for his Pro3.

That sucks man. I live in the Columbus, Ohio area where the company is based, so we have a huge Micro Center here. Went in over the weekend and bought all the parts to build my new machine, and since they have a "Build Your Own PC" month going on, everything was on sale, too. Even with tax they beat Newegg on price.

Thank goodness you didn't cave into the other gaming mice that have shiny buttons and instead went for the Mionix Naos. God that mouse is so goddamn comfortable it isn't even funny. Thats arguably the best part of your build. Naos owners unite!

Isn't the stealth just a normal QFR but with less paint? And is probably going to sell for more?

I'm likely going to buy the Quick Fire Pro/TK since I cannot live without a numpad. My friend got a QFR blue keyboard when he made his build, so I'm going for the pro/TK with red switches. If I can get my hands on a ducky I'll get it, but since that isn't likely I'm just getting a cooler master.

The paint will be on the sides. I would not recommend the TK or pro, simply because they're made by iOne and not Costar. With the stealth will also be released the equivalent of a QFR with a bumped. I'm on mobile, so I can't link you, but search up Cooler Master CES 2013 and you'll find it for sure.

Cooler Master is just the branding. Costar has much better quality, and much nicer, smoother "stabilizers" for the bigger keys, like spacebar, shift, etc. iOne is cheaper to make, lower quality and feels more plasticky. The QFR has a metal backplate, meaning when you bottom out a key, you get a more satisfying, better feeling clack, and it'll also feel better, more comparable to a a Filco.

You probably won't see people recommending Zalman cases, and I don't have any experience with them myself, but I just stumbled on the 'Z5'.. and it's a really nice looking case for 50 bucks and it's only 30 bucks after rebate for the time being anyway.